PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE VAMPIRE BATS (DESMODUS, DIPHYLLA, DIAEMUS)

CITATIONS ARE ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR. AN ASTERISK PRECEDING THE CITATION INDICATES THAT THE CONTENTS WERE REVIEWED, AND THAT THE CITATION DETAILS (VOLUME, PAGINATION, ETC.) WERE VERIFIED. INDEXING OF THE CONTENTS OF EACH VERIFIED REFERENCE WAS NOT COMPLETE BUT SHOULD SERVE AS A HELPFUL GUIDE. SOME ARTICLES THAT WERE NOT AVAILABLE IN LOCAL LIBRARIES WERE INDEXED SOLEY ON THE BASIS OF THEIR TITLES. SEVERAL INCOMPLETE CITATIONS ARE INCLUDED BECAUSE OF THEIR POSSIBLE IMPORTANCE. THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY IS NOT ANNOTATED NOR IS IT COMPLETE, SINCE NO PARTICULAR EFFORT WAS MADE TO INCLUDE ALL REFERENCES OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES: 1) POPULAR ARTICLES; 2) REPORTS AND MIMEOGRAPHED ARTICLES BY SUCH ORGANIZATIONS AS THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, THE PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION, OR VARIOUS GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES; 3) PUBLICATIONS DEALING WITH DISTRIBUTIONAL RECORDS IN WHICH VAMPIRE BATS WERE ONLY ONE OF MANY SPECIES COLLECTED; 4) EARLY PAPERS ON TAXONOMY; 5) PUBLICATIONS IN WHICH ONLY CASUAL OR SUPERFICIAL REFERENCE IS MADE TO VAMPIRE BATS AND/OR RABIES; 6) EARLY HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS OF VAMPIRE BAT FOLKLORE, VAMPIRE BAT ATTACKS, OR DISEASE OUTBREAKS SUBSEQUENTLY BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN VAMPIRE BAT-BORNE RABIES; 7) REFERENCES CITED IN VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS, WHICH, ON THE BASIS OF THE TITLE ALONE, COULD NOT BE VERIFIED AS TO THEIR CONTENTS; 8) GENERAL BOOKS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF MAMMALIAN FAUNA OF A GEOGRAPHICAL REGION OR COUNTRY. COVERAGE OF THE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH IS MORE COMPLETE THAN THAT IN OTHER LANGUAGES (PRIMARILY SPANISH).